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Drug discovery in neuroscience

 

 

sabato 19 luglio 2008
09:00 - 09:45
Registration
09:45 - 10:00
Opening remarks
Filippo Drago
Catania
10:00 - 11:00
Opening lecture (introduced by Filippo Drago)
Neuropeptides and the brain: three decades of discoveries
Sven Owe Ogren
Stockholm
11:00 - 11:30
Welcome reception
 

Drug discovery in neuroscience: general principles
Chairman:
Achille Caputi (Messina)
16:00 - 17:00
Pharmacoepidemiology in neurological and psychiatric disorders: do we need new drugs in neuropsychiatry?
Claudio Mencacci
Milan
17:00 - 18:00
Clinical trial design in CNS drug development
Filippo Drago
Catania
18:00 - 18:30
Discussion
18:30 - 19:30
GSK: drug discovery in neuroscience
Emiliangelo Ratti
Verona
19:30 - 19:40
Questionnaire

domenica 20 luglio 2008
 
Schizophrenia
Chairman:
Eugenio Aguglia (Catania)
10:00 - 11:00
The neurobiology of schizophrenia: novel targets for the treatment
Andrea De Bartolomeis
Naples
11:00 - 12:00
Novel antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia
Edoardo Spina
Messina
12:00 - 12:30
Discussion
12:30 - 13:30
Eli Lilly: drug discovery in neuroscience
Robert Conley
Baltimore
15:00 - 16:00
Janssen-Cilag: drug discovery in neuroscience
Roberta Alberio
Milan
 

Mood disorders
Chairman:
Edoardo Spina (Messina)
16:00 - 17:00
From monoamines to synaptic plasticity: novel approaches for the treatment of mood disorders
Marco Riva
Milan
17:00 - 18:00
New drugs for the treatment of major depression
Eugenio Aguglia
Catania
18:00 - 18:30
Discussion
18:30 - 19:30
Special Lecture:
New trends for the treatment of bipolar depression
Celso Arango
Barcelona
19:30 - 19:40
Questionnaire

lunedì 21 luglio 2008
 
Novel indications for old drugs
Chairman:
Salvatore Salomone (Catania)
10:00 - 11:00
Anti-inflammatory drugs as an adjunctive therapy for depression
Nicoletta Brunello
Modena
11:00 - 12:00
Lithium as a promising therapeutic approach in ALS
Francesco Fornai
Pisa
12:00 - 13:00
Mitochondria-targeted antioxidants in Friedreich's ataxia
Carlo Casali
Rome
13:00 - 13:30
Discussion
 

Anxiety and sleep disorders
Chairman:
Donatella Marazziti (Pisa)
16:00 - 17:00
Neurobiology and pharmacology of GABAA receptors
Giovanni Biggio
Cagliari
17:00 - 18:00
Sleep disorders in anxiety disorders and depression
Mario Guazzelli
Pisa
18:00 - 18:30
Discussion
18:30 - 19:30
Special Lecture:
Restless leg syndrome: new targets for the treatment
Walter Paulus
Gottingen
19:30 - 19:40
Questionnaire

martedì 22 luglio 2008
 
Stroke
Chairman:
Francesco Fornai (Pisa)
10:00 - 11:00
Neuroprotective strategies for the treatment of brain ischemia
Domenico Pellegrini-Giampietro
Florence
11:00 - 12:00
New approaches to therapy in stroke
Vittorio Di Piero
Rome
12:00 - 12:30
Discussion
12:30 - 13:30
Wyeth Lederle: drug discovery in neuroscience
Gianni De Crescenzo
Aprilia
15:00 - 16:00
Astra Zeneca: drug discovery in neuroscience
Martin Ungerstedt
Södertälje
 

Alzheimer’s disease
Chairman:
Giancarlo Pepeu (Florence)
16:00 - 17:00
Target identification for drug discovery in AD
Agata Copani
Catania
17:00 - 18:00
A novel path in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Alessandro Padovani
Brescia
18:00 - 18:30
Discussion
18:30 - 19:30
Special Lecture:
Immunotherapy in AD
Beka Solomon
Tel Aviv
19:30 - 19:40
Questionnaire

mercoledì 23 luglio 2008
 
Multiple Sclerosis
Chairman:
Pier Luigi Canonico (Novara)
10:00 - 11:00
Molecular disease mechanisms in multiple sclerosis
Stefano Pluchino
Milan
11:00 - 12:00
Novel drugs for the treatment of multiple sclerosis
Giancarlo Comi
Milan
12:00 - 12:30
Discussion
12:30 - 13:30
Novartis: drug discovery in neuroscience
Shreeram Aradhye
East Hanover
 

Parkinson’s disease
Chairman:
Bianca Marchetti (Catania)
16:00 - 17:00
Novel molecular targets for drug discovery in PD
Monica Di Luca
Milan
17:00 - 18:00
Adenosine receptor as a new target for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Micaela Morelli
Cagliari
18:00 - 18:30
Discussion
18:30 - 19:30
Special lecture:
Neuroprotection in PD
Anthony H. V. Schapira
London
19:30 - 19:40
Questionnaire

giovedì 24 luglio 2008
 
Epilepsy
Chairman:
Pierangelo Geppetti (Florence)
10:00 - 11:00
New targets in antiepileptic drug development
Anna Maria Vezzani
Milan
11:00 - 12:00
Drug resistance in epilepsy: pharmacological and clinical aspects
Emilio Perucca
Pavia
12:00 - 12:30
Discussion
12:30 - 13:30
UCB SA: drug discovery in neuroscience
Henrik Klitgaard
Braine-l'Alleud
 

Chronic Pain Syndromes
Chairman:
Maria Angela Sortino (Catania)
16:00 - 17:00
Molecular targets in acute and chronic pain therapy
Ferdinando Nicoletti
Rome
17:00 - 18:00
Novel approaches for the treatment of neuropathic pain
Franco Marinangeli
L'Aquila
18:00 - 18:30
Discussion
18:30 - 19:30
New molecular targets for the treatment of migraine
Pierangelo Geppetti
Florence
19:30 - 19:40
Questionnaire

venerdì 25 luglio 2008
 
Spinal Cord Iniury
Chairman: 
Giorgio Racagni (Milano)
10:00 - 11:00
Neurobiology of spinal cord regeneration: novel strategies for the treatment
Marina Pizzi
Brescia
11:00 - 12:00
The Nogo-A signalling pathway as a new target for the treatment of spinal cord iniury
Adrian Robert Walmsley
Basel
12:00 - 12:30
Discussion
12:30 - 12:45
Closing remarks
Filippo Drago
Catania
12:45 - 12:55
Questionnaire
 

 

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